ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,600, issued on July 29, was assigned to Symrise AG (Holzminden, Germany).
"Cooling composition" was invented by Jessica Asche (Holzminden, Germany), Thomas Schoppmeier (Holzminden, Germany) and Jenny Weissbrodt (Holzminden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is rooted in the food industry and relates to a composition which provides a physiologically cooling effect for imparting freshness in the used preparations and comprises 2 to 10% cooling agent (A), 0 to 35% alcohol (B), 55 to 95% hydrophobic compound (C). Furthermore, the invention relates to the production and use of the composition according to the invention ...